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Een late pericardiale tamponnade na penetrerend thoraxletsel

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Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Traumatologie

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Late pericardiale tamponnade wordt weinig gezien. In deze casus presenteren wij een patiënt die zich presenteerde op de spoedeisende hulp met secundaire pericardiale tamponnade na een zelf aangebracht penetrerend letsel aan de linkerthoraxhelft. De operatietechniek met gebruikmaking van het subxifoïdale venster wordt beschreven. Naar aanleiding van de literatuur verdient het aanbeveling bij patiënten met penetrerend thoraxletsel, zonder afwijkingen op de CT-scan van de thorax, tijdens opname meermalen een echo van het hart te herhalen om vroegtijdig secundaire harttamponnade te diagnosticeren.

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Late pericardial tamponade is rare. In this case we present a patient who presented to our emergency department with secondary pericardial tamponade one week after a self inflicted penetrating chest injury to the left thorax. The surgical technique using the subxyphoid window is described. Current literature suggests to repeatedly perform an echocardiography during admission of patients following a penetrating thoracic injury for early detection of secondary pericardial injury.

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Huis, M., Halm, J. & van Waes, O. Een late pericardiale tamponnade na penetrerend thoraxletsel. TIJD. TRAUMATOLOGIE 20, 149–152 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12506-012-0029-8

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